A research associate at the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), Andrew Kortyna is a former professor of physics at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Andrew Kortyna’s work at JILA revolves around conducting high-precision measurements of free radicals and transient molecules.
JILA is more than just a research institution, it has several education and outreach programs that promote the study of physics for children. The organization's main public outreach program is the Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC).
PISEC engages with science professionals and university students to help teach science to children from underrepresented groups. To achieve its goals, the PISEC program creates partnerships with schools and connects mentors with students. The program also has two sets of curricula, one for primary schools and one for high schools.
For primary schools, PISEC focuses on hands-on physics and guidance for creating, recording, and sharing experiments and hypotheses. Meanwhile, high school students explore some of the elements of being a career scientist, such as project design, academic communications, and delivering on a hypothesis.
JILA is more than just a research institution, it has several education and outreach programs that promote the study of physics for children. The organization's main public outreach program is the Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC).
PISEC engages with science professionals and university students to help teach science to children from underrepresented groups. To achieve its goals, the PISEC program creates partnerships with schools and connects mentors with students. The program also has two sets of curricula, one for primary schools and one for high schools.
For primary schools, PISEC focuses on hands-on physics and guidance for creating, recording, and sharing experiments and hypotheses. Meanwhile, high school students explore some of the elements of being a career scientist, such as project design, academic communications, and delivering on a hypothesis.
